id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-259050-482nk9je Mätz‐Rensing, K. Outbreak of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus infection in a group of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) 2009-06-07 .txt text/plain 2348 164 50 Background A severe upper respiratory tract infection occurred in a breeding group of rhesus monkeys housed together in one of six indoor/outdoor corals of the German Primate Center. Background A severe upper respiratory tract infection occurred in a breeding group of rhesus monkeys housed together in one of six indoor/outdoor corals of the German Primate Center. The present case report describes an outbreak of respiratory diseases among rhesus monkeys induced by S. One month later, four more female animals developed severe upper respiratory tract infection. A fatal outbreak of streptococcus infection occurred in one of six breeding colonies housed in an indoor/outdoor facility. It was assumed that contact to a visitor with upper respiratory disease led to the initial infection of two elderly and closely related animals. The problem of the described outbreak for the breeding colony was not only the initial fatal infection but also the death of the first six animals. Outbreak of infection caused by Streptococcus zooepidemicus among laboratory primates ./cache/cord-259050-482nk9je.txt ./txt/cord-259050-482nk9je.txt